Magazine release and extractor



April 28, 1953 L. F. MULNO 2,636,302

MAGAZINE RELEASE AND EXTRACTOR Filed Dec. 27, 1949 INVENTOR. 55121 1? [VI/LNG ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 28, 1953 STTES TENT OFFICE MAGAZHNE RELEASE AND EXTRACTOR Application December 27, 1949, Serial No. 135,079

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and improved magazine release and extractor for quick and easy extraction of an empty magazine particularly in cases where the magazine is preferred to be completely housed within the firearm so that it does not exend therefrom and hence would be diiiicult to grasp in the absence of the magazine extractor disclosed herein.

The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a device as above described including the combination of an operated actuator element having means thereon for engaging a shoulder or indentation in a magazine and urging the same downwardly and out of engagement with the magazine guide box or holder of the firearm so that it may be easily withdrawn when desired.

The figure shows a vertical section through the stock of a firearm embodying the invention.

The reference numeral ill illustrates the receiver of a firearm having a barrel l2 and astock [4. To the receiver there is secured a magazine guide box and holder generally indicated at it and secured to the receiver as for instance, by flanges l8 and 28. This holder is box-like in form and guides the magazine generally indicated at 22 in its sliding movement in and out of the receiver in the general direction of the arrow A.

To one side of the magazine holder which is, of course, housed within the stock, there is pivoted an arm 24 as by a stud or the like 23, said arm being held in position by a spring 28 and said spring constantly urging the arm 24 in a clockwise direction. Said arm terminates at its upper end in a rou hened edge 39 in a position to be conveniently actuated by the operator. At its lower end the arm 24 is provided with an inturned lug 32 and a spaced inturned catch 34.

The magazine itself is provided with an impressed area 36 terminating at its lowermost part in a shoulder 38 and extending upwardly to the extreme edge of the magazine. At its rear edge the magazine is provided with a latching notch 40.

The arrangement of parts is such that the arm 24 may be moved counterclockwise in the direction of arrow B against the action of spring 28, by which movement the lug 32 engages shoulder 38 and cams the magazine downwardly to a position where it may either fall out by itself or be easily withdrawn by the operators finger, it being noted that in the operative position of the magazine, the same does not project from the magazine slot 42 of the stock It sufficiently to be grasped.

The lug 34 latches the magazine in operative position and, of course, this latch is withdrawn by the same motion that cams the magazine down.

When the new magazine is to be inserted, it is merely pushed into slot 42 and into engagement with the holder it, the rear edge 44 of the magazine camming back the latch 34 very slightly but sufficiently to allow the magazine to be moved upwardly to a point where the spring 23 will snap latch 3t into latching position. The lug 32 does not interfere with this action because of the recessed nature of the parts 36, it being understood that lug 32 extends slightly into the recess but does not bear on the fiat side surface thereof suiiiciently to bind.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. Magazine extractor for a firearm having a receiver comprising a magazine guide box and holder secured to the receiver, a manually movable member pivotally secured thereto, means at one side of the pivot axis of said member to releasably latch a magazine in the holder, resilient means urging the member to latching position, and means at the same side of the pivot axis of the member engaging the magazine and urging the same outwardly of the holder upon movement of the member out of magazine latching position against the action of said resilient means, the magazine latching means and the magazine engaging means being spaced from each other.

2. The combination of a receiver, a magazine guide and holder thereon, a pivoted arm on the holder, a pair of spaced projections on the arm at the same side of the pivot axis thereof, a spring to urge the arm in one rotative direction, with a magazine, means thereon forming a recess for reception of one of the projections to latch the magazine in the holder, and abutment means on the magazine forming a shoulder for engagement by the other projection when the arm is moved in the opposite rotative direction against the action of the spring releasing the latched magazine and pushing the same partially out of the holder.

LESTER. F. MULNO.

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